Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

"Our is the struggle not for money or power but for the reclamation of human diginity."
-Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Airports Authority of India (AAI) was constituted by an Act of Parliament and came into being on 1st April, 1995 by merging erstwhile National Airports Authority and International Airports Authority of India. The merger brought into existence a single Organization entrusted with the responsibility of creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing Civil Aviation infrastructure both on the ground and air space in the country.

AAI manages 126 airports, which include 11 international airports, 89 domestic airports and 26 civil enclaves at Defence. AAI also provides Air Traffic Management Services over entire Indian Air Space and adjoining oceanic areas with ground installations at all airports and 25 other locations to ensure safety of aircraft operations.